These boots are made for scoring…not breaking feet

I’m sure with all of the Manchester United fans crying a river based on the Wayne Rooney injury, someone had to come out and comfort the masses.
Well one of those comforting, feel good talks was given by Nike today, who insisted today that the boot Rooney was wearing had nothing to do with his injury
‘He [...]

MLS News Wire, 08.13: St. Louis; Brazil; Chivas Rebuilds

Today was one of those days where I felt confined by the three-subject rule I adopted for this feature; that meant I couldn’t plug something entirely wonderful like the David Beckham drinking game proposed by Dan Loney. Shit…did I just type that?
- According to a saucy post – and I mean saucy in the [...]

LA Playoffs: Donovan Believes; Do You? Who Else Misses?*

* I think I tipped my hand a little by posing that last question…
At any rate, the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Landon Donovan related his glass-half-full estimation of his team’s chances to a Boston Herald reporter:
“We’ve got a chance,” said Donovan. “The good thing is we’ve got more than half the season to go. If we [...]

Red Bull Return: Is It Who You Play or How?

No, I didn’t watch the full 90+ minutes in the true, linear sense, so here’s to hoping I saw enough for what appears below to hold up. I’ll be filling in match reports from other outlets as I read them in the space below (and any volunteers should feel free to drop their views [...]

FCD Over Columbus: Good Day to Be Goodson

Other reports:
MLSnet.com
Columbus Dispatch 
Columbus Crew Offside
Star-Telegram 
Dallas Morning News 
FC Dallas Updates
When two teams you, as a fan, like about equally play one another, the best you can hope for is a great game. Happily, the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas obliged (me, at least) this Saturday by turning in one of the games of 2007. [...]

French Ligue 1: Giants fail to to grab the necessary points

Lyon suffered a tough and surprising loss to Toulouse. The scapegoat? Swede Kim Kallstrom’s ejection in the 35th minute.  Fellow Swede and Toulouse striker Johan Elmander provided the dramatic, 90th minute strike to beat the defending champions. To add insult to injury, reliable veterans Cris and Sidney Govou both left the game with injuries.
Paris St-Germain [...]

EPL: Sven and Big Sam start with 3; Man Utd falters

Another slew of games this Tuesday and Wednesday as the Premiership starts with a bang. This past weekend’s slate however was chock full of entertaining matches – most of which I didn’t get to see. Some things that did stick out however:
 Derby 2, Portsmouth 2: Not many expected this I am sure but freshly promoted [...]

10 Bright Spots of Week 20: Altidore and Goodson is FC Dallas’ Angel

1. Jozy Altidore: he’s got to be here as his play drew applaud from both Bruce Arena and Mo Johnston, who felt his wrath; he also handled himself well after being pelted with beer-filled plastic bottles and other things by the traveling Toronto FC supporters; or should this actually go to the Giants Stadium security [...]